Affiliation:
1. Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter,
2. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK
Abstract
Who are mis-/disinformation studies for? What agenda does the field serve? How can it be improved? While the increase in the attention towards the topic in the last years is healthy, it has also led to an explosion of papers in all directions, and the field has been subject to various criticisms and attacks. In this commentary, we discuss the status and wider impact of the field, raise current challenges, and propose ways ahead for the development of a more critical, interdisciplinary, and rigorous scholarly discipline of mis- and disinformation studies.
Publisher
Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics, and Public Policy
Subject
Music,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,History,General Medicine,Ophthalmology,General Medicine,Pharmaceutical Science,Political Science and International Relations,Sociology and Political Science,Political Science and International Relations,Sociology and Political Science,Sociology and Political Science,Plant Science
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